Ollanius PiusLegendary Creature - Human Soldier (R)DefenderWhenever Ollanius Pius blocks a creature, you gain protection from that creature until the end of turn and draw three cards."Where I fall, ten more shall take my place! And one hundred each of them! So strike me down! I am the harbinger!"1/1

That is way too many cards. I'd say it was too good at 2 cards, but 3 is just nuts. I'd bee hard pressed to attack into this. I think it might actually warp a format so that attacking without evasion or removal spells for backup wouldn't be worth considering.If this guy blocks, then you bounce it, fog, or give it indestructible, you would draw 3 cards (something that normally costs ~5 mana) and have it around to draw another 3 cards. That's basically a whole new hand off that one drop.

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I'd rather lower bis power to 1, have him sacrifice himself (that would be kinda fitting, but I feel that poor guy soaking those 10 points of damage all by himself is even more fitting.) Or even raised his cost.

But I'd leave the draw three. And I am a strong advocate of having as few card draw as possible. But:1) I think white's most explosive source of card draw should be from defensive and reactive effects like this - not from stupid Sram-like or Mentor-like abilities. (Which should be red, IMHO.)2) HE IS THE HARBINGER ! WHERE HE WILL FALL, TEN MORE SHALL TAKE HIS PLACE ! AND ONE HUNDRED EACH OF THEM !3) All it takes is an Ahn-Crop Crasher, a Master of Diversion, a Prodigal Pyromancer, a Fungal Infection, or a Frost Lynx. (Not even speaking of Shock, Infest, or Hunt the Weak.) Almost any deck can deal with him.

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I'm not a fan of this card, or Peace Treaty. I don't like white card draw, and I don't like 1-mana "I can block all day" blockers (though that's more white than any other colour would be). I wish this or Peace Treaty did something else.

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I think white's most explosive source of card draw should be from defensive and reactive effects like this - not from stupid Sram-like or Mentor-like abilities. (Which should be red, IMHO.)

White's bad card draw weakness is supposed to be the trade off for "can remove any non-land perminent" It is supposed to be able to answer anything but run out of cards if it tries to answer everything 1 for 1. I think you need to be careful about putting the card draw in the same strategy that those "answer anything" cards are in.

I think white's most explosive source of card draw should be from defensive and reactive effects like this - not from stupid Sram-like or Mentor-like abilities. (Which should be red, IMHO.)

White's bad card draw weakness is supposed to be the trade off for "can remove any non-land perminent" It is supposed to be able to answer anything but run out of cards if it tries to answer everything 1 for 1. I think you need to be careful about putting the card draw in the same strategy that those "answer anything" cards are in.

Makes sense... Yeah, I still like this effect, but it needs to be administered very carefully for the reason you gave here...

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